US Trump is ‘safe following gunshots in his vicinity,’ campaign says in statement - An AK-47 was discovered in the bushes, per local law enforcement

The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is “safe following gunshots in his vicinity.”

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that did not provide additional details.

The former president was playing golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The course was immediately locked down, according to a source familiar.

The Secret Service said on X that it is working with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a protective incident involving Trump. The Secret Service said the incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/donald-trump-safe-shots/index.html (Archive)

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Trump taken to safety after Secret Service opens fire on man with possible gun at his Palm Beach golf club​

Donald Trump was taken to safety by the Secret Service after agents opened fire on a man who was spotted with what may have been a gun while the former president was on the links, according to law enforcement sources.

Sources said the Secret Service spotted a suspicious individual on the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach, and opened fire when agents saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun.

It’s not clear whether the man was on the course or near it.

An agent opened fire, shooting multiple times.

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said Sunday afternoon.

The man was later arrested by local police on I-95.

It comes almost exactly two months after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. on July 13 — wounding him in the ear.

Sen. Lindsey Graham took to X minutes after news of the shooting broke to laud the former president for his fortitude.

“Just spoke with President Trump. He is one of the strongest people I’ve ever known. He’s in good spirits and he is more resolved than ever to save our country.”

The West Palm Beach course is about five miles inland from Mar-a-Lago, which Trump dubbed the “Winter White House.”

The Secret Service — which came under widespread criticism following the July assassination attempt — wrote on X that it was investigating a “protective incident” involving the former president that occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

The agency said it’s coordinating with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office on the investigation.

Initial reports suggested two people were firing at each other. However, sources said investigators now believe the Secret Service agent was the only shooter.

The man’s motives are not yet known. He was arrested by Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies.

The White House issued a statement soon after the incident: “The President and Vice President have been briefed about the security incident at the Trump International Golf Course, where former President Trump was golfing. They are relieved to know that he is safe. They will be kept regularly updated by their team.”

This is a developing story.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-ne...s-golf-club-while-ex-president-was-on-grounds (Archive)

 

[clipartfan92]

This article names Kathleen Shaffer as someone linked to his HI address. She had posted in 2022 on a GoFundMe that he was her fiancé.

Suspected gunman at Trump golf course has quixotic past
The Washington Post (archive.ph)
By David Nakamura, Aaron Schaffer, Cat Zakrzewski, and Devlin Barrett
2024-09-16 09:10:03GMT

Spoiler

The man arrested on suspicion of possibly trying to assassinate former president Donald Trump spent his recent years in search of a mission — trying to muster up a ragtag army to defend Ukraine and writing a book about his failed efforts, according to law enforcement officials and his online data trail.

Ryan Wesley Routh was taken into police custody Sunday while FBI agents scoured his car and examined his life for clues to his actions and possible motives, according to multiple law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to confirm the identify of the man who allegedly crouched outside a Florida golf course with a rifle while Trump played about 400 yards away.

Authorities have not publicly released Routh’s name. Public records show Routh, 58, as living most recently in Kaaawa on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, at a property also linked to a person named Kathleen Shaffer. No one answered when a Washington Post reporter called a number associated with the address Sunday.

A blog on the crowdsourcing fundraising site GoFundMe, posted in 2022 by a Kathleen Shaffer, said she was raising funds to support her fiancé, Ryan, who “put his life at home on hold and traveled to Kyiv in April to support the people of Ukraine. He plans on staying for at least 90 days and stays at a hostel with a military unit.” Photos on the page show a slim, blond man resembling other pictures of Routh that have circulated online and in news accounts.

That blog said Routh was coordinating international volunteers and had helped “send 120 drones to the front lines. Wow!” The page had collected pledges totaling $1,865 out of a goal of $2,500, which Shaffer said in the posting would go toward paying for flags, tactical gear, hostel lodging and other supplies for volunteers.

Public records also show that Routh, originally from North Carolina, faced criminal charges for two separate incidents in 2002 for possession of a weapon of mass destruction.

He pleaded guilty to the first charge in April 2002, a court docket filing shows, though no other details were publicly available.

He also was charged in December of that year, when, according to an account from the News & Record newspaper, Routh, armed with a machine gun, barricaded himself in a United Roofing building in Greensboro for three hours. Authorities say the incident began after he was pulled over for a traffic stop. Police ultimately arrested him without incident.

In that second case, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and registration, resisting a public officer and carrying a concealed firearm, while the weapon of mass destruction charge was dropped, public records show.

That was a sharp departure from a younger Routh, profiled in the same newspaper in 1991 for his assistance in helping defend a woman against an alleged rapist. Roth, then 25, was wearing a coat and tie in a large photo accompanying the story. He was dubbed a “super citizen” and awarded a Law Enforcement Oscar by the Greensboro chapter of the International Union of Police Association. The headline on the story: “Crimefighting pays.”

Last year, Routh was interviewed by the New York Times for a story about Americans’ often faltering efforts to provide military aid and support to Ukraine. Routh told the paper that after spending several months in Ukraine in 2022, he planned to move Afghan soldiers who had fled from the Taliban to Ukraine to fight.

“We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan, since it’s such a corrupt country,” he said in an interview from Washington.

Routh also apparently wrote a 291-page book last year about his disillusionment surrounding Ukraine, according to an Amazon listing that was selling the tome for $2.99.

The book, which purports to be about Ukraine’s “unwinnable war” and the “fatal flaw of democracy,” includes pages of graphic photos, including beheadings, dead children, and bloodied corpses.

In a section of the book focused on Iran, the author said he “must take part of the blame” for electing a “brainless” president, in an apparent reference to Trump. “You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal,” the book declares.

Authorities have said around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, a Secret Service agent working on Trump’s protective detail noticed a man holding a rifle behind a chain-link fence.

The agent fired at the man, who fled, leaving behind what officials said was a rifle, backpacks containing bullet-resistant ceramic plates, and a GoPro video recording device, police officials said. Investigators said it seemed the suspect had planned to record his attack on the former president.

The rifle was described by police as an AK-47 type weapon — more common in other countries than the United States. The weapon was also equipped with a scope for better accuracy at distance, officials said.

An alert passerby saw the man fleeing and took a picture of his vehicle, including the license plate, officials said. With that information, local police were quickly able to find him on busy Interstate 95, where he was pulled over and surrendered without incident, they said.

The FBI has taken the lead in the investigation, but officials cautioned that they may first seek to hold him on local charges. Authorities have said Routh’s actions appear to be an assassination attempt that was thwarted before he could get a shot off.

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said the filing of local search warrants and charges “does not preclude the federal charges that could be coming.”

When police stopped Routh on the highway behind the wheel of a black Nissan, they brought to the scene the witness who had earlier taken a picture of the car as it sped away, officials said. The witness quickly identified the man in the car as the one he’d seen running away from the Secret Service agents, police said.

When he was taken into custody, the man showed little emotion, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told WPTV.

“He never asked, ‘What is this about?’ Obviously, law enforcement with long rifles, blue lights, a lot going on. He never questioned it,” Snyder said.

Holly Bailey in Atlanta and Samuel Oakford in New York contributed to this report.

 

[Dude Snakes]

Dude's an obese IT jockey larping as a tough guy frontline worker. Nothing we say about him can be funnier than the reality.

When Trump is relected I hope HHH livestreams his suicide.

 

[Broadside]

Fuck off WaPo, his past isn't "quixotic"; it's pure leftist fantasy BS fed by 24/7 MSM fear mongering

 

[Dude Snakes]

After the first attempt, Trump decided it's a good idea to have Laura Loomer suck his dick.
After the second attempt...
I'm rooting for a ratchet pregnancy arc and funny scandalous reveals.
GOD WILLS IT!

No God forbid this from happening!

 

[MadStan]

He was there to actually kill Laura Loomer but couldn't get the shot in, apparently she was kneeling.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Remember, they don't believe in second order effects. He just prepared to shoot at the president, that's a completely different lever, he didn't pull the "send me to jail" lever! Besides, he has a CIA handler, he even follows her on Twitter. He'll be let go the second things calm down. Even faster if one of the other assets get Trump. They NEED him to help run the Ukraine war effort, after all!

Ukraine livers rent free in your commie brain, vatnik!

 

[Carpet Matt]

Stupid Harris campaign. Can't even graze his ear like last time.

Did you mean to write Trump campaign? This shit has staged written all over it

 

[AnotherPleb]

He was there to actually kill Laura Loomer but couldn't get the shot in, apparently she was kneeling.

DEI hire was going for the wrong kind of headshot.

 

[Narinder]

These fuckers are forgetting about plot armor. He's not allowed to die until things come to a climax at a dramatic moment.

 

[Gottahavemysips]

a billionaires plane won't fail because of age in this context that's just a number. that thing is current on everything and maintained you can be sure. it was just one of the thousands of attacks on all fronts the dem(on)s can think of and after the fake lawsuits failed to stop him partaking in the actual election there is one avenue left to be absolutely sure power is kept. they are pursuing it. I give you the 911 for a pointer on what the deep state is capable of concerning unveiled proof of sabotage be it the fake attack or the subsequent fake investigation.

The Trump Force One 757 was in storage for two years after 2019 because it needed a replacement for the left engine. This isn't necessarily a question of money, but just the reality of whether parts are even available.

 

[Dude Snakes]

Ukraine livers rent free in your commie brain, vatnik!

You fucking retard its NATO that are the communists, go get your latest MRNA jab and die. You fuckers are going to keep poking the Russian bear until Putin nukes humanity into the stoneage! Fuck you kill yourself now.

 

[merrybrandybuck]

Speaking of Ukraine, I never realized NAFO were full on federally funded spooks. Just by the brief interactions I had with them I always assumed these were redditors doing it for free while their wives were out with their boyfriends.

 

[Brap God]

You have all the usual suspects pushing the anti-Trump talking points to excessive levels to prevent any kind of meaningful discussion. If you browse this thread using only the highlights to catch up you will not find anything informative and it's almost by design.

That's a pretty autistic take. People around here just shit and piss themselves when it comes to politics, simple as can be.

 

[Broadside]

Every other comment on videos about the assassination attempt are by weirdly vague and non descriptive accounts all trying to say the shooter was a Republican. It's such an obvious fucking psyop, I despise normies for how effectively it works on them. Expect to see "h-he was a disgruntled Trump supporter!" once more from the leftist zombies on social media.
You can literally see these comments on videos that are sharing this guy's anti-Trump tweets, it's just blatant propaganda attempts at this rate and nobody does fuck all about all the bots and malicious actors actively trying to just psyop us every waking fucking moment, I'm so sick of it bros

 

[Cyberpunk Panatela]

This thread is an absolute dumpster fire with no real information on the topic at hand. Thanks for wasting my time you worthless fucking faggots.

Seconded. Having to trawl through 60-odd pages of spergouts and schizoposting to get to any information not contained in the OP is ridiculous.

I don't want to make light of the situation; but is there no professional hit man out there willing to take this contract?

I'm not going to PL excessively here, but I've interacted with some of these subhumans in the past. They generally stick to gangster stuff such as extortion and revenge attacks on other gangs, and avoid anything vaguely political.

Although political murder may be lucrative(if you can guarantee that you'll be paid out), doing it even once leads to almost every government on Earth painting a target on your back for the simple reason that if you're willing to assassinate someone in one country, you will be willing to do it anywhere else. Even psychopaths have a sense of self-preservation.

The only people willing to do this kind of "work" are the mentally ill and religious or political fanatics. Both of these groups are prone to fucking up.

 

[Absurdity]

Well honestly I'd be miffed too if I was playing golf with a someone who used secret service officers in ghillie-suits to win a few rounds.

 

[Broadside]

Seconded. Having to trawl through 60-odd pages of spergouts and schizoposting to get to any information not contained in the OP is ridiculous.

I'm not going to PL excessively here, but I've interacted with some of these subhumans in the past. They generally stick to gangster stuff such as extortion and revenge attacks on other gangs, and avoid anything vaguely political.

Although political murder may be lucrative(if you can guarantee that you'll be paid out), doing it even once leads to almost every government on Earth painting a target on your back for the simple reason that if you're willing to assassinate someone in one country, you will be willing to do it anywhere else. Even psychopaths have a sense of self-preservation.

The only people willing to do this kind of "work" are the mentally ill and religious or political fanatics. Both of these groups are prone to fucking up.

I'll take schizoposting on KF over Dem boomers driven to psychosis believing literally anything the CIA tells them via approved outlets on X and Facebook any day tbh

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

This thread is proof yet again that oldfags from outside the thunderdome are the worst posters on the site and, for all the shit the thunderdome gets, at least the posters try and give up-to-date information and details.

Is the Autistic Thunderdome an ironic title, like calling a fat guy, "Slim", just to appease the ackshual fucking retards from the lolcow side of the site?

 

[AStupidMonkey]

Every other comment on videos about the assassination attempt are by weirdly vague and non descriptive accounts all trying to say the shooter was a Republican. It's such an obvious fucking psyop, I despise normies for how effectively it works on them. Expect to see "h-he was a disgruntled Trump supporter!" once more from the leftist zombies on social media.
You can literally see these comments on videos that are sharing this guy's anti-Trump tweets, it's just blatant propaganda attempts at this rate and nobody does fuck all about all the bots and malicious actors actively trying to just psyop us every waking fucking moment, I'm so sick of it bros

I keep seeing this in chat feeds, too. "HE WAS A REPUBLICAN!" and then you scroll up and down the chat to see if maybe there was some precious precious KAHNTEXT. But alas. There is none.

It really smacks to me of the psychotic masses trying to collectively get their stories straight, and 'spread the word.'

 

[derpherp2]

He was there to actually kill Laura Loomer but couldn't get the shot in, apparently she was kneeling.

For once in your life, you were actually funny fattotaur.

Congrats.